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Board of Directors

As outlined in the Constitution of the Archives Association of Ontario (AAO), the AAO is directed by seven elected Directors each of whom is a voting member of the Association.
The Board consists of the President, Vice-President/President Elect, the Secretary/Treasurer, two Directors Without Portfolio, the Chapter Stakeholder, the Chair of the Institutional Development Committee, and the Chair of the Professional Development Committee.

Current Board of Directors

Sarah McDougall
President

president@aao-archivists.ca

Helen Liu

Vice-President/ President Elect
vp@aao-archivists.ca

Rachel E. Beattie

Past President

past.president@aao-archivists.ca

Al Stanton-Hagan
Secretary/Treasurer
secretary.treasurer@aao-archivists.ca

Jessica Barr

Institutional Development Committee Chair

idc@aao-archivists.ca

Krista Jamieson

Director Without Portfolio

director1@aao-archivists.ca

Leslie Thomas

Director Without Portfolio

director2@aao-archivists.ca

Michael deJong
Chapter Stakeholder
chapters@aao-archivists.ca

Tiffany Ribeiro

Web Administrator

webadmin@aao-archivists.ca

Teresa Wong
Professional Development Committee Chair
professionaldevelopment@aao-archivists.ca

Term of Office
(a) Annually, one-half of the Board shall be elected for a two-year term and the other half shall continue their two-year term.
(b) The position of Vice-President/President Elect shall be elected each year for two-year term, and the incumbent shall become President in the second year of the term.
(c) The two Directors without Portfolio shall be elected for a two-year term every even numbered year and the Secretary/Treasurer shall be elected for a two-year term every odd numbered year.
(d) The Chapter Stakeholder shall be elected annually by the Chapter Executives for a one-year term.
Meetings
As outlined in the constitution, the AAO Board is required to meet a minimum of 4 times a year. As a norm, however, the board meets, in person and over the phone, at least 6 times a year in early August, October (leadership meeting), December, January, March, and April.